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Enhancing efforts for productive and resilient dryland landscapes in Southern Africa
29/07/2024
Government officials, experts and landscape managers from across Southern Africa met today for a week of discussions on the challenges and solutions for drylands in the region organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and partners.
Planting a mangrove seedling, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania ©FAO-Luis Tato
New manual aims to improve accuracy of mangrove monitoring
26/07/2024
A new manual, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The Nature Conservancy, aims to help governments to gather far more accurate information on mangroves to better inform decisions on coastal land use and restoration. 
FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires ©FAO/Roberto Faidutti
FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires
26/07/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released guidelines for countries outlining how to manage the risks of damaging wildfires, which can threaten people and the environment.
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Publications

Play more, live better! Using sustainable widlife management games to help adults and children collaborate and solve complex problems together
Play more, live better! Using sustainable wildlife management games to help adults and children collaborate and solve complex problems together
2024

This publication is a case study on the development and testing of innovative no-tech or low-tech games to manage wildlife hunting sustainably.

Kwinda Nyama: A multiplayer hunting game for social learning and sustainable use
Kwinda Nyama: A multiplayer hunting game for social learning and sustainable use
2024

Nearly 1 billion people globally rely on wild food for their daily nutrition. The Wildlife Conservation Society, with support from the SWM Programme, developed this low-tech, multiplayer decision-making game with rural communities in the Republic of the Congo and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Low-tech games can help communities manage wildlife sustainably.

Information brief: The wildlife–livelihoods–health nexus: Challenges and priorities in Asia and the Pacific
The wildlife–livelihoods–health nexus: Challenges and priorities in Asia and the Pacific
2024

This information brief on the wildlife-livelihoods-health nexus in Asia and the Pacific is intended to shed light on the current landscape of human–wildlife–health interactions, examine the challenges, and the existing and potential opportunities for change.

Elearning Academy

Forest and landscape restoration
Introduction to forest and landscape restoration
10/05/2021

Degradation of forests and landscapes impacts the global climate, and also the food security and livelihoods of communities. Forest and landscape restoration...

Monitoring forest landscape restoration
Monitoring forest and landscape restoration
01/04/2021

This course has been developed to equip practitioners with the capacity to design, plan and implement monitoring systems for forest landscape restoration.

Sustainable financing
Sustainable financing of forest and landscape restoration
01/03/2021

To meet countries’ national commitments to restoring degraded landscapes, adequate public and private investments are needed. This course has been developed...

Videos

Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022

Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...

Forests and water
24/02/2021

Forests are vital to our water supply. They influence how and where rain falls, and they filter and clean our water. By protecting the world’s forests,...

Sustainable forests: a powerful ally against climate change
24/02/2021

Climate change is subjecting our planet to unsustainable pressures. Forests and trees trap and store carbon as they grow – standing at the frontline...